Development and Poverty Reduction A Global Comparative Perspective

• Main Authors: Zheng, Yongnian, Qian, Jiwei
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2020; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: China Policy Series
• Subjects: Afrika; Armutsbekämpfung; Asian Studies; Auslandsinvestition; China; Chinese Culture & Society; Chinese Economics; Chinese Studies; Economic development; Entwicklung; Entwicklungshilfe; global poverty reduction; Ostasien; Poverty; poverty alleviation strategies; poverty governance; rise of China; Soziale Ungleichheit; Sozialpolitik; Strukturwandel; Subsahara-Afrika; Südostasien; USA; Wirtschaftswachstum; DAC Principle; Employer Paid Health Insurance Premiums; Real Gdp; Chinese Government; Snap; Busan High Level Forum; Traditional Donors; Gdp Growth; Official Poverty Measure; Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Young Men; Aggregate Gdp Growth; Urban Informal Sector; Intergovernmental Fiscal System; DAC Donor; Middle Income Stage; Total Gdp; World Development Report; Per-capita Gdp; Informal Sector Workers; Thrifty Food Plan; UK Aid; Poverty Incidence; SOE Reform; Gdp Growth Rate
• ISBN: 9780367262297; 0367262290; 9781032086439; 1032086432
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429292125

Although the absolute number of poor people in the world has declined significantly in recent decades, poverty reduction continues to be a very important issue. There still are very large numbers of poor people, relative poverty is an increasingly concerning problem, and progress on poverty reduction varies enormously from one part of the world to another. Factors contributing to poverty reduction include economic growth, economic integration, and specific poverty-reduction programs, which are often initiated by Western countries. This book considers poverty reduction from a global perspective. Development and Poverty Reduction looks at a wide range of specific subjects, across all continents. It highlights in particular how the issues are perceived from a non-Western perspective and especially how the rise of China is both having a profound impact on poverty reduction globally and also changing the overall way in which development and poverty reduction are approached.